Gardens

[GrnBay007]

I absolutely love fresh veggies from the garden. Used to have a huge garden a few years back. I was disappointed after I bought this house and found the back yard is shaded almost the entire day. I heard you can plant tomato plants in a 5 gallon bucket and it works ok. I planted 4 of them like that this year. Has anyone heard of anything else you can plant in a bucket and it will grow?

[Scott Campbell]

Re: Gardens

Has anyone heard of anything else you can plant in a bucket and it will grow?

I'm guessing Mad has a few "herbs" growing like that.

[GrnBay007]

Re: Gardens

Has anyone heard of anything else you can plant in a bucket and it will grow?

I'm guessing Mad has a few "herbs" growing like that.

LOL
I want to cook the produce, not smoke it. :P

[Joemailman]

I have a large garden so I don't have any knowledge of container gardening, but this looks like a prettty good site. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/e...container.html

[GrnBay007]

[quote="Joemailman"]I have a large garden so I don't have any knowledge of container gardening, but this looks like a prettty good site. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/e...container.html


Thanks Joe. Sounds like you can grow a lot more than I thought that way.

P.S. During that time of year when you are looking for people to give your crops to -----> 007 :P

[Iron Mike]

When you are looking for people to give your crop to -----> 007 :P

Feel free to change your avatar.

[Little Whiskey]

it just isn't worth it unless you can use your tractor!

[GrnBay007]

When you are looking for people to give your crop to -----> 007 :P

Feel free to change your avatar.

[GrnBay007]

it just isn't worth it unless you can use your tractor!

OK Brett!!!

[GrnBay007]

My poor tomato plants got flattened in the storm last night. Replanted 2 today.

[Little Whiskey]

it just isn't worth it unless you can use your tractor!

OK Brett!!!

one of the few things we have in common.....oh ya and the whole packer thing.

[MJZiggy]

So, I went out to the garden to plant the early pea and corn seeds I sprouted and to remove the giant weed that somehow sprouted under all that snow in the middle of the garden and it turns out that that "weed" is corn. It's already nearly a foot tall. I looked at my little herb garden and the chives are already about 2 inches tall, somehow the parsley survived and of course the sage and somehow the strawberries in the box are already to three leaves. The forsythia hasn't even bloomed yet and the crocuses and tulips are just up and we have a foot of corn?

[hoosier]

Winter corn, that cannot be a good thing.

For four years now I have planted zucchini plants in the backyard garden. The first year they produced like freaks through September and we had more zucchini than we knew what to do with (that IS a good thing). The last three years, however, have seen dwindling productivity and plant burnout in early August where one morning they go from fine to looking like they had the life sucked out of them. I know there is a common virus that plagues tomato plants. Are there also common zucchini plant viruses? Or bugs? Or has my garden simply gone barren? If so, maybe I buy a goat and switch to alfalfa.

[MJZiggy]

I still planted the stuff I sprouted so it will be interesting to see what comes of it. Last year it never got past baby corn.

[Patler]

Winter corn, that cannot be a good thing.

For four years now I have planted zucchini plants in the backyard garden. The first year they produced like freaks through September and we had more zucchini than we knew what to do with (that IS a good thing). The last three years, however, have seen dwindling productivity and plant burnout in early August where one morning they go from fine to looking like they had the life sucked out of them. I know there is a common virus that plagues tomato plants. Are there also common zucchini plant viruses? Or bugs? Or has my garden simply gone barren? If so, maybe I buy a goat and switch to alfalfa.

Sounds like squash vine borer.